| ISBN |
9780141399010 (paperback) |
| Name |
Ginsberg, Allen, 1926-1997 author. |
| Uniform title |
Works. Selections |
| Title |
The best minds of my generation : a literary history of the Beats / Allen Ginsberg ; edited by Bill Morgan. |
| Published |
[London] : Penguin Books, 2018. |
| ©2017 |
| Description |
xxviii, 460 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Notes |
Originally published: USA : Grove Press ; Great Britain : Allen Lane, 2017. |
| Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
In 1977, twenty years after the publication of his landmark poem "Howl," and Jack Kerouac's seminal book On the Road, Allen Ginsberg decided it was time to teach a course on the literary history of the Beat Generation. Through the creation of this course, which he ended up teaching five times, first at the Naropa Institute and later at Brooklyn College, Ginsberg saw an opportunity to present the history of Beat Literature in his own inimitable way. Compiled and edited by renowned Beat scholar Bill Morgan, and with an introduction by Anne Waldman, The Best Minds of My Generation presents the lectures in edited form, complete with notes, and paints a portrait of the Beats as Ginsberg knew them: friends, confidantes, literary mentors, and fellow revolutionaries. Ginsberg was seminal to the creation of a public perception of Beat writers and knew all of the major figures personally, making him uniquely qualified to be the historian of the movement. |
| Subjects |
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism |
| Beats (Persons) |
| Other Names |
Morgan, Bill, 1949- editor. |
| Series |
Penguin modern classics |
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